CANT Read Graffiti? Watch This Video (With Examples)

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Published 2023-01-06
Reading graffiti can be hard for new graffiti artists but today im going to teach you how to read graffiti. This video will share some examples of badly done wild style graffiti as well as well done wild styles and we'll cover the issues that can make wild styles illegible and we'll also share cover how to break down a wild style to make it easier to read.

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Saber
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Josh
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Kreuz
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Beaniee
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Jest
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BXRK
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Esber
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All Comments (21)
  • @silverblack5475
    Cant read them 4 nothing even after there pointed out , love the way it looks though and want to learn how to do it .
  • thanks a lot for sharing my KALK-piece. So cool you like it. P.S.: just a little mistake in the description, it´s Kreuz not Kruez. Best greetz from Germany and keep going with such nice videos.
  • Haha, I could not even read the artwork at 1:50 anymore, on which you said that it's easy to read. I was watching this to learn to read graffitis, but I think I am a hopeless case. 😀
  • @KajiinSkyrim
    9:48 the "e" could be uppercase maybe? idk man i have been reading graffiti for years but i swear some wildstyles give me a headache. if it is an uppercase e it could be really flying under the radar because the middle stick looks more like a detail than anything else but if you look at it that way it seems a cool stylized version of what i like to call the "classic E" in graffiti. idk if i explained myself with these words, i would like to draw some examples but unfortunately youtube doesn't work that way.
  • @juliang9625
    Dope vid! Glad I finally made it! Mine was COFA. I’ll make sure to keep in mind what u said thanks for the advice. I sometimes do blocky but mainly do Tubey/organic styles wonder what u think of those, I try my best to think of all the fundamentals and I also do fine art. Idk if u remember me but I was also Jaguar in ur twitch streams. Anyways thanks again!
  • Great tutorial for learning how to read especially wild style , and why you can't depict some artists letter structure. Dope Grim.
  • @leow1707
    I've painted 4 about 18 years or so. N everything u say is so on point. Big up from the uk
  • Outstanding! Thanks so much, man! That helped me a TON!!!! Much appreciated! 👍 I live by some train tracks, where they trains have to slow down as they come into down (plus they cross an busy intersection) ...and I get to see some of the best art every on some of the train cars! Now, I can start breaking down the more wildstyle ones and understanding them! 👍 Also, I think it should be pointed out [credit where it's due]: I made a post on the The Arist Block's last video asking if, maybe, this topic could be covered sometime so people like myself (who are new to the art form) can learn to read the very stylized pieces? Not only did the creator respond with a positive attitude, they suggested they would make a video in the topic. I figured it would be down the line sometime... not the next video! Thanks for being such an amazing creator... not just your content but interacting with your fan base! If I could sub twice, I would! 👍
  • Awesome video! Good points and reinforces your message about letter structure being key
  • I’ve always known the 3 styles as Public, Semi Public and Wild style. There’s Semi Wild Style too if we get technical. Great videos bro.
  • @its_dg
    If u think this is hard try reading black metal band names
  • @xloqrdx
    Ay I'm ealry. I go on redit a lot for graffiti and I see these same mistakes
  • still cant read shit in wildstyles. my braint doesnt process it to letters, especially if they are made up of different patches and colours i sometimes try 10min and can still only guess something. and usually i get 3 of 5 letters right 😂
  • @-onairs
    The Artist Block is like the convenience store with all the snacks you ever asked for
  • @Rainb0y2k
    The video was pretty good... Even after 3 years of nonstop looking at grafitti pieces I still can't read wild style... I get it some times but still my brain doesn't brain looking at wild style
  • thanks for the review bro♥️ hope we can chat about some of the mistakes i’ve made (mine was the BLCK piece). Also random question but what happened to your twitch man? do you not do that anymore?
  • @kursedaim
    Bro there's a book store I went to had reading themed graffiti and I had a hard time reading a couple of the letters but I was able to read other letters in th piece
  • @robadams5799
    I'm a railfan and I was hoping to be able to read some of the words on the boxcars, but apparently I'm not supposed to. Seems kinda pointless. (Shrug) I guess it's like abstract art. That being said, this is still a well-made video with good narrator.